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New products for June 14, 2012
Including model railroad products from Bowser, American Z Lines, and Walthers!
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June 14, 2012  Bowser HO scale 70-ton two-bay covered hopper
70-ton two-bay covered hopper. New paint scheme: Louisville & Nashville (Dixie Line lettering). Three car numbers. Injection-molded plastic kit with one-piece body, separate brake details, 33” plastic wheelsets, and knuckle couplers. $14.95. Bowser, 570-368-2379, www.bowser-trains.com
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 Bowser HO scale Pennsylvania RR class H-21a four-bay hopper
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 Concept Models HO scale Pennsylvania RR no. 470248 well flatcar
40-foot Mather double-deck stockcar. New road numbers: Baltimore & Ohio; Chicago, Burlington & Quincy; Gotham Stock Express; and Northern Pacific. Factory-installed grab irons, detailed underbody brake equipment, and Proto-Max knuckle couplers. Single car, $27.98; six-pack, $149.98. January 2013. Ready-to-run. WalthersProto. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
40-foot drop-bottom gondola. New road numbers: Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe; Chicago & North Western; Great Northern; Milwaukee Road; New York Central; and Rock Island. Two car numbers each. Ratcheted hand brake, interior rivet detail, metal wheelsets, and Proto-Max knuckle couplers. $19.98. December 2012. Ready-to-run. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Trinity RD-4 coal hopper six-pack. New road numbers: BNSF Ry., Chicago & North Western, Norfolk Southern, and Union Electric Co. Two six-packs each. Separately applied door mechanism, die-cast metal underframe, and Proto-Max knuckle couplers. $129.98. January 2013. Ready-to-run. WalthersMainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Union Tank Car Co. 54-foot 23,000-gallon-capacity Funnel-Flow tank car. Archer Daniels Midland (leaf logo), Cargill Vegetable Oils, Celtran, Kerr-McGee, Procor (green), and Sunoco. Two car numbers each. Etched-metal walkways and crossover platforms, factory applied wire grab irons, and Proto-Max knuckle couplers. $37.98. January 2013. Ready-to-run. WalthersProto. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Thrall 89-foot tri-level enclosed auto rack. New road numbers: Chesapeake & Ohio, Chicago & North Western, CSX, Illinois Central Gulf, Norfolk & Western, and Union Pacific (Southern Pacific reporting marks). Two car numbers each. Factory-installed wire grab irons, separately molded side ladders, and Proto-Max knuckle couplers. $41.98. January 2013. Ready-to-run. WalthersProto. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
HO scale train sets
RailTech digital train set. BNSF Ry., Canadian National, and Norfolk Southern. Includes GP9M diesel locomotive with working headlight and Digital Command Control decoder, 50-foot boxcar, 50-foot flatcar, 50-foot gondola, wide-cupola caboose, power pack, 38 x 54-inch oval of Bachmann EZ-Track with steel rail, and World’s Greatest Hobby 60-minute DVD Building your First Railroad. $225. October 2012. WalthersTrainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
Christmas Zephyr train set. Includes diesel locomotive with working headlight, 50-foot boxcar, 50-foot flatcar, 50-foot gondola, wide-cupola caboose, speed and direction controller, 38 x 54-inch oval of Bachmann EZ-Track with steel rail, and World’s Greatest Hobby 60-minute DVD Building your First Railroad. $150. October 2012. Ready-to-run. WalthersTrainline. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
HO scale structures
Canadian Pacific three-car stockyard. Kit includes 550 scale inches of color-coded stripwood, laser-cut platforms, optional shed, and illustrated instructions. 7” wide with 12” setback from track center. $34.95. Kanamodel Products, www.kanamodel.com
Import Motors. Injection-molded plastic kit with multiple import brand signs included, rooftop sign, and decals. $39.98. Cornerstone Series. Wm. K. Walthers Inc., 414-527-0770, www.walthers.com
HO scale details and accessories
Assorted vehicles. Liebherr-Mercedes Actros 6 x 2 semi with three-axle trailer, $33; J.C. Innes-Scania R Topline with three-axle flatbed trailer, $33; Iveco Stralis 4 x 2 semi with Thermoking reefer trailer, $25; and Alijada-DAF XF 105 super space cab combination box truck with van trailer, $38. All models have die-cast metal construction, window glazing, and rolling tires. Produced by WSI Models, distributed by b2bReplicas.com, 417-206-9700, www.b2breplicas.com
N scale locomotives
Pennsylvania RR class 3/8000 electric switcher. On-demand rapid prototype kit includes switcher shell, interior, and roof. Downloadable instruction sheet includes information for super-detailing the model with optional guardrails, hand rails, uncoupling levers, and windshield wipers (not included). Non-powered. $24. American Archetype, www.americanarchetypemodels.com
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 American Archetype N scale Grande Bandstand
Grande Bandstand. On-demand rapid prototype model. Available with or without railings and stairs. No assembly required. Sheet with suggested paint colors is available for download from manufacturer’s website. $40 (without railings and stairs, $34). American Archetype, www.americanarchetypemodels.com
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 American Z Lines 60-foot beer boxcar
60-foot beer boxcar. New paint scheme: Burlington Northern. Metal wheelsets and AutoLatch knuckle couplers. Single car, $34; four-pack, $120. Ready-to-run. American Z Lines, 614-764-1703, www.ztrack.com
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 American Z Lines 89-foot tri-level auto rack
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 American Z Lines Thrall 53-foot well car
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 American Z Lines 2,420-cubic-foot waffle-side gondola
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 American Z Lines Bay-window caboose
Electronics/controls
Four-block occupancy detector. Ready-to-use unit, $36.99; board-and-parts kit, $20.89. Circuits4Tracks, 905-787-1203, circuits4tracks.daxack.ca
Scenery
Assorted trees. More than 30 varieties of evergreen, green deciduous, and fall deciduous. 5” to 10” tall. Single 10-pack, $20; two to four 10-packs, $18 each; five or more 10-packs, $15 each. JMD Plastics, 920-865-1219, www.jmdplastics.yolasite.com
Assorted decals. St. Louis Southwestern (Cotton Belt) 40- and 50-foot boxcar data, Florida East Coast SD40-2 and GP40-2 diesel locomotives (Heritage paint scheme), Union-Pacific partner railroad streamlined passenger cars (Chicago & North Western, Milwaukee Road, Missouri Pacific, Norfolk & Western, Southern Pacific, and Wabash). HO scale, $7. N scale, $5.75. Microscale Industries, 714-593-1422, www.microscale.com
Books
Railroads of Colorado: Your Guide to Colorado’s Historic Trains and Railway Sites. By Claude Wiatrowski. 160 pages, hard cover. 137 color and 27 black-and-white images, map, index, and appendix. $29.95. Farcountry Press, 800-821-3874, www.farcountrypress.com
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